22 March 2012

For Illustration Friday - 'Shades'. Some pebbles in shades of my often used water colours,
Paynes Grey and Ultramarine. Lifted from my sketchbook and combined with a little digital colour swatch today.

20 March 2012

I've had a couple of visitors this week. We often have monkeys popping into the garden. On Saturday afternoon this Macaque was peering in the
window and I managed to get some very close shots of him. I'm glad the
window was between us, as though not obvious here, he has pretty big teeth!

After a while he tired of staring at us and settled down under the eaves to shelter from the heavy rain.

I found this little fellow in the kitchen today and hurried to get my camera before it flew off. As it turned out the poor thing wasn't alive so I could take my time! Aren't the patterns and colours on his back gorgeous?

1 March 2012

'Capable' for Illustration Friday. Now you see me, now you don't ! Chameleons are capable of blending in with the scenery! Very quickly done this afternoon with Inktense pencils and a touch of gouache. Oh dear - I've just noticed that he looks like he's been impaled, poor little chap!